From the moment she cracked open her first romance novel as a child, Laurel K. Reid was hooked on love stories—the sweeping emotions, the crackling tension, the promise of happily-ever-afters. Though she penned her first chapters as a dreamy teenager, life had other plans before she returned to writing with the passion of someone who’d been saving up stories for years.

Now based in Nashville, Tennessee, she lives with her husband and a well-stocked spice rack, always ready to turn up the heat—both in the kitchen and on the page.

When she’s not writing fierce heroines and the brooding men who fall for them, she’s chasing new adventures, taste-testing the world one spicy dish at a time, or binge-watching TV with a storyteller’s eye.

She writes for readers who believe love is messy, wild, and absolutely worth the risk.

Laurel’s Books